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Linsley, Terri

A family day care in Plattsburgh, New York 12901

What New York’s list coversOutside New York City

Programs New York State’s Office of Children and Family Services licenses or registers outside New York City, each county added once it is read in full. Programs in the city’s five boroughs, including the day care centers its Health Department regulates, aren’t here yet.

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The short answer

Record last released by New York State Office of Children and Family Services on Nov 2, 2026.

The last 24 months 7 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean4
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Licence status
Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

11 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Mar 23, 2026.

7 violations cited in the last three years.

Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

7 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

7 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each violation, in its source’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.

Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Aug 4, 2026: complaint investigation2 violations
  • All matches, lighters, medicines, drugs, detergents, aerosol cans and other poisonous or toxic materials must be stored in their original containers, and must be used in such a way that they will not contaminate play surfaces, food or food preparation areas, or constitute a hazard to children. Such materials must be kept in a place inaccessible to children.

    Rule 417.5(j). From a complaint. Corrected during the inspection.

  • There must be a cushioned surface under all outside play equipment that present a fall hazard. Surfacing may not include concrete, asphalt, grass or hard compacted dirt.

    Rule 417.5(n)(5). From a complaint.

Sep 9, 2025: fire Safety - Monitor2 violations
  • Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

    Rule 417.5(a). Corrected during the inspection.

  • Porches, decks or stairs with more than two steps must have railings with a barrier extending to the floor or ground to prevent children from falling. Acceptable types of barriers include, but are not limited to, balusters, intermediate rails, and heavy screening.

    Rule 417.5(e). Corrected during the inspection.

Aug 19, 2025: monitoring2 violations
  • Such medical statement must be completed before the person begins to reside in the child care home, and must be dated within 12 months preceding the date of the application or the date the person takes up residency at the home and must state that the person has no health conditions which would endanger the health of children receiving day care in the home.

    Rule 417.11(b)(7)(i).

  • The family day care home must report to the Office: any change affecting, or which reasonably might be expected to affect, those portions of the building and property in which the program is operating or which are used for the children’s egress in the case of emergency; any change in household members; and any other change that would place the home out of compliance with applicable regulations.

    Rule 417.15(b)(12).

Apr 26, 2024: complaint investigation1 violation
  • The use of any type of device for social or entertainment purposes, listening to music on headphones, playing screen games, using the Internet, or making personal calls by caregivers while supervising children is prohibited. Use of any devices for brief and necessary communications or purposes directly related to the child care program such as communication with parents or the Office and its representatives is allowable.

    Rule 417.8(m). From a complaint.

All 14 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 4, 2026ComplaintComplaint (Unsubstantiated); 2 violations cited
Apr 27, 2026ComplaintComplaint (Investigation Pending); violations found, none listed
Mar 23, 2026Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Oct 30, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Sep 9, 2025Fire Safety - Monitor2 violations cited
Aug 19, 2025Monitoring2 violations cited
Jun 17, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Feb 25, 2025Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Nov 20, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Aug 14, 2024Fire Safety - RenewalNo violations found
Aug 14, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
May 14, 2024Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Apr 26, 2024ComplaintComplaint (Substantiated); 1 violation cited
Mar 19, 2024Application - RenewalNo violations found

Is it licensed?

  • Family Day Care, open since Mar 29, 2018.
  • School district: Beekmantown.
  • Capacity, in New York’s words: 6 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 2 additional school-aged children.
  • Registration 812201, issued Mar 29, 2024, expires Mar 28, 2028.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Has New York acted against it?

  • 3 complaints in the last three years. New York’s status for each: Complaint (Investigation Pending) (1), Complaint (Substantiated) (1), Complaint (Unsubstantiated) (1).
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.

On record, newest first
DateWhatDetail
Aug 4, 2026Complaint (Unsubstantiated)New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Unsubstantiated).
Apr 27, 2026Complaint (Investigation Pending)New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Investigation Pending).
Apr 26, 2024Complaint (Substantiated)New York’s status for this complaint: Complaint (Substantiated).

Who does the caring?

  • New York doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual programs.

Who owns it?

  • New York’s open data doesn’t list owners.

How is it rated?

  • Doesn’t take part in QUALITYstarsNY, New York’s quality rating program.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 86 child care providers in Clinton County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 7.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

12 of the 86 in Clinton County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Linsley, Terri This child care provider7
Desautels, Tracey0
Norcross, Kimberly1
Senecal, Kim1
Gowett, Susan8
Little Saints Preschool, LLC10
Bushey, Donna0
Dolphin’s Daycare26
Joint Council For Economic Opportunity3
Myers, Kimberly4
Shepard, Sherry9
Davies, Emily7
SUNY Plattsburgh Child Care Center, Inc.2

What the record doesn’t say

  • New York doesn’t grade violations by severity, so read what was cited.
  • New York’s records give the regulation behind each violation, not what the inspector saw.
  • New York’s program pages cover four calendar years; this page shows the last three years.
  • New York doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual programs.
  • This provider asked New York to leave its address out of its open data, as a 2009 state law allows, so only its city and ZIP code are shown.

Sources

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: New York State Office of Children and Family Services. New York’s own record is on hs.ocfs.ny.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.

From the provider

The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.

Replies

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Paid listing

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How to read a record

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An example nursing home

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

From the homeNone yet. Replies and paid listings aren’t open, and when they open they will sit here, below the record.

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